Trump Drops Hormuz Fee as US-Iran War Escalates Across Gulf Region

President Trump reversed his proposal for a 20% transit fee on Strait of Hormuz shipping, opting instead for Gulf state investment deals, even as active US-Iran warfare spreads across the region with strikes reported on multiple Iranian cities and Gulf nations. The escalating conflict between the US and Iran — the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism and a nation whose leadership has repeatedly called for Israel's destruction — positions the Middle East closer to the kind of regional conflagration Scripture associates with the end-time alignment of nations against Israel. Daniel 11 and Ezekiel 38 both describe a time when the kings and powers surrounding Israel will be in violent upheaval, setting the stage for God's ultimate intervention in history.